Review of 2019 and 2020 - Moths: Ermines (Yponomeutidae) (part 2: Swammerdamia complex, Cedestis and Ocnerostoma)

ERMINES (YPONOMEUTIDAE) (continued)


Copper-tipped Ermine Pseudoswammerdamia combinella - Singles in my garden moth trap on 1st June 2019 and 27th May 2020 were only my second and third records ever (first was here in May 2015).

Copper-tipped Ermine Pseudoswammerdamia combinella, North Elmham, 1st June 2019

Copper-tipped Ermine Pseudoswammerdamia combinella, North Elmham, 27th May 2020

Birch Ermine Swammerdamia caesiella - One in the garden trap on 30th July 2020.  I've only recorded this species twice before at home, in 2016 and 2018 - surprisingly scarce for a common birch-feeding species (there is a birch in my front garden and huge one in next door's garden).  Although this is grade 2 it would take a very clear and fresh example to satisfy me the ID was correct without gen detting.

male Birch Ermine Swammerdamia caesiella, North Elmham, 30th July 2020

Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella - One at the meadows on 25th May 2019 and then 11 in my garden between 21st July and 8th August, the worst showing here four 4 years.  A more typical 25 in my garden between 16th July and 13th August 2020.  Although fresh examples can be straightforward I find I have to confirm a lot of these by gen detting.  Some of the other species in this group can show a slight purply or coppery sheen to their terminal cilia (including Paraswammerdamia nebulella for example) and worn pyrella can lose this altogether. Other characters don't seem to be very reliable either, at least on any but the freshest specimens.

Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th May 2019

male Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th July 2020

male Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 5th August 2020

male Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th August 2020

White-headed Ermine Paraswammerdamia albicapitella - 4 trapped at home and one at the meadows between 5th June and 30th August 2019 making it my equal-best year for this species, but this was bettered in 2020 when I caught 6 in the garden and 3 at the meadows between 25th May and 19th August.  Beware worn nebulella which can look very white on the thorax - I gen det any that aren't fresh and obvious and sometimes get a surprise.

White-headed Ermine Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th June 2019

White-headed Ermine Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, North Elmham, 12th June 2020

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella - 10 trapped here between 23rd June and 25th July 2019 and 11 between 18th June and 31st July 2020.  Both fairly average years though well down on the 21 in 2018.

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 23rd June 2019

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 17th July 2019

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 18th June 2020

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 30th June 2020

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 18th July 2020

Gold Pine Ermine Cedestis gysseleniella - one trapped in my garden on 25th July 2019, my second here following one in 2016.

Gold Pine Ermine Cedestis gysseleniella, North Elmham, 25th July 2019

Brown Pine Ermine Cedestis subfasciella - One at Bintree Wood on 13th June 2020 and singles in the garden on 5th and 15th August.  I'd only ever seen one before, in my garden in 2015.

Brown Pine Ermine Cedestis subfasciella, Bintree Wood, 13th June 2020

Brown Pine Ermine Cedestis subfasciella, North Elmham, 15th August 2020

Grey Pine Ermine Ocnerostoma friesei - A worn one to LEDs at Hills and Holes on 21st May 2020, my second ever record (one at home in 2017).

male Grey Pine Ermine Ocnerostoma friesei, Hills and Holes, 21st May 2020

Next page: Ypsolophidae

Red-belted Clearwing

The 93 species of moth at home on 16th July included the following new moths for the year: Brown Birch Slender Parornix betulae, Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella, Dull Red Neb Bryotropha senectella, Magpie Moth and Blackneck. I've now had a single (but only a single) Blackneck here in each of the last four years.

Body-marked Case-bearer Coleophora clypeiferella, North Elmham, 16th July

Dull Red Neb Bryotropha senectella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 16th July

Magpie Moth, North Elmham, 16th July

Blackneck, North Elmham, 16th July

Others were Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, 10 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 2 Hawthorn Ermines Paraswammerdamia nebulella, 2 Diamond-backs Plutella xylostella, Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella, 2 Clover Case-bearers Coleophora alcyonipennella, Meadow Case-bearer Coleophora mayrella, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella, 3 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, Orange Crest Helcystogramma rufescens, Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana, 2 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana, Flax Tortrix Cnephasia asseclana, Viburnum Button Acleris schalleriana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, Common Marble Celypha lacunana, Triangle-marked Roller Ancylis achatana, Nut-bud Moth Epinotia tenerana, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, 8 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Many-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla, 2 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2 Inlaid Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, Satin Grass-veneer Crambus perlella, 123 Straw Grass-veneers Agriphila straminella, 4 Pearl Grass-veneers Catoptria pinella, 15 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, Lesser Pearl Sitochroa verticalis, 6 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, Double-striped Tabby Hypsopygia glaucinalis, Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis, Grey Knot-horn Acrobasis advenella, Drinker, Pebble Hook-tip, Chinese Character, Common Emerald, 2 Blood-veins, 5 Small Fan-footed Waves, 6 Single-dotted Waves, Small Scallop, 2 Riband Waves, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, 2 Shaded Broad-bars, Common Carpet, 2 July Highflyers, Small Rivulet, Maple Pug, Green Pug, Double-striped Pug, 6 Clouded Borders, Brimstone Moth, 7 Early Thorns, 2 Scalloped Oaks, Swallow-tailed Moth, Willow Beauty, Common Wave, Clouded Silver, Poplar Hawk-moth, 2 Elephant Hawk-moths, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pale Prominent, Buff-tip, 2 Yellow-tails, 5 Rosy Footmen, 17 Dingy Footmen, 2 Scarce Footmen, Buff Footman, 14 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, Double Square-spot, Bright-line Brown-eye, Clay, 6 Smoky Wainscots, 2 Dun-bars, Tawny Marbled Minor, 2 Common Rustics, 2 Dusky Sallows, 22 Uncertains, Rustic, 5 Nut-tree Tussocks, Beautiful Hook-tip, Snout and Fan-foot.

Nut-bud Moth Epinotia tenerana, North Elmham, 16th July - not sure I've had one so 'black-and-white' before; they usually have quite a bit or orangey-brown colouration

Other insects were Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum and Pale Evening Dun Procloeon bifidum (mayflies), the caddisflies Limnephilus flavicornis, Limnephilus lunatus and Athripsodes aterrimus, the leafhopper Iassus lanio and the beetle Lagria hirta.  There was also this icnhemon wasp which I naively thought might be sufficiently distinctive as to be identifiable.  Well I tried to take it through Gavin Broad's 2015 key to subfamilies and got to 4b.  The footnote says only one species of one of Aclastus and two of Gnypetomorpha should key here (though it doesn't say which species).  I can't find images of either that look like my insect, though I'm not sure if that's because there aren't many images online or if it's because I went wrong in the key (but it's very likely the latter - I find it very difficult to determine which veins are which, especially when the point is that they are missing).

unidentified ichneumon wasp, North Elmham, 16th July

Of 80 speies the following night just two were new for the year: Antler Moth and Lunar-spotted Pinion.

Antler Moth, North Elmham, 17th July

Lunar-spotted Pinion, North Elmham, 17th July

The rest were Bird’s-nest Moth Tinea trinotella, Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella, Little Ermine Swammerdamia pyrella, Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella, Woundwort Case-bearer Coleophora lineolea, Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana, Common Flat-body Agonopterix heracliana, Cinerous Neb Bryotropha terrella, 3 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, 4 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, Scarce Obscure Oegoconia deauratella (and another Oegoconia sp. which I lost), London Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella, Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana, Privet Tortrix Clepsis consimilana, Light Brown Apple-moth Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Red-barred Tortrixes Ditula angustiorana, Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana, Barred Marble Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana, Common Cloaked Shoot Gypsonoma dealbana, 3 Hoary Bells Eucosma cana, Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella, 96 Straw Grass-veneers Agriphila straminella, 3 Common Grass-veneers Agriphila tristella, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, Small Grey Eudonia mercurella, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, Small Magpie Anania hortulata, Elder Pearl Anania coronata, Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis, 8 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Rosy Tabbies Endotricha flammealis, Drinker, 3 Blood-veins, 3 Least Carpets, 5 Small Fan-footed Waves, Dwarf Cream Wave, 7 Single-dotted Waves, 2 Riband Waves, 2 Red Twin-spot Carpets, 2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpets, July Highflyer, 5 Clouded Borders, Scorched Carpet, 6 Early Thorns, 2 Willow Beauties, Elephant Hawk-moth, Pale Prominent, 3 Yellow-tails, 3 Rosy Footmen, 8 Dingy Footmen, 3 Scarce Footmen, 21 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, 3 Large Yellow Underwings, Lesser Yellow Underwing, 4 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, Bright-line Brown-eye, Brown-line Bright Eye, 4 Smoky Wainscots, Common Wainscot, 3 Dun-bars, Dark Arches, 2 Common Rustics, Lesser Common Rustic (and a Common Rustic agg. that escaped), 2 Dusky Sallows, Rosy Rustic, 18 Uncertains, 2 Rustics, 3 Nut-tree Tussocks, Silver Y, Beautiful Hook-tip and Snout.

Hawthorn Ermine Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 17th July

There were also the mayflies Pale Evening Dun Procloeon bifidum and Blue-winged Olive Serratella ignita, and caddisflies Plectrocnemia conspersa and Hydropsyche pellucidula.

I have tried on many occasions last year and this year to attract a Red-belted Clearwing to pheremone lure in the garden (and elsewhere).  It's not a common species in Norfolk and until recently the only records were from the Norwich area.  In the last couple of years with more people using pheremone lures more have turned up elsewhere with a few from the Brecks and quite a lot from the far west of the county, but there is still only one record at a similar latitude to North Elmham (Buxton Heath in 2016) and none further north in the county.  So having tried and failed so many times it began to seem reasonable to conclude that there aeren't any Red-belted Clearwings in this area.  But I'm not one to give up easily so I kept trying, and was absolutely delighted when I checked my pheremone trap on 18th July to find a single Red-belted Clearwing inside it.  Result!  Now if a Large Red-belted Clearwing could please oblige in the same way next year that would be perfect...

Red-belted Clearwing, North Elmham, 18th July

Bordered Pug and another Scarce Silver-lines

A drop in moth numbers on 20th July but still good - 428 moths of 114 species.  Bordered Pug and Double Lobed were new for the house and Cork Moth Nemapogon cloacella, Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana and Brown Plume Stenoptilia pterodactyla new for the year here.

Bordered Pug, North Elmham, 20th July

Double Lobed, North Elmham, 20th July

Summer Rose Bell Notocelia roborana, North Elmham, 20th July

Other macros were 6 Chinese Characters, Large Emerald, 2 Common Emeralds, Small Blood-vein, Lesser Cream Wave, 11 Small Fan-footed Waves, 3 Dwarf Cream Waves, 5 Single-dotted Waves, 2 Small Scallops, 15 Riband Waves, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, 2 Large Twin-spot Carpets, Garden Carpet, 3 Barred Straws, Small Rivulet, Clouded Border, Brimstone Moth, 5 Early Thorns, 3 Scalloped Oaks, Swallow-tailed Moth, 2 Peppered Moths, Willow Beauty, 4 Engraileds, Clouded Silver, 2 Poplar Hawkmoths, Elephant Hawkmoth, 2 Buff-tips, 5 Yellow-tails, 2 Round-winged Muslins, 25 Rosy Footmen, 22 Dingy Footmen, Scarce Footman, 43 Common Footmen, 3 Buff Ermines, 2 Ruby Tigers, Flame, 2 Double Square-spots, 2 Bright-line Brown-eyes, Antler Moth, Brown-line Bright-eye, 5 Clays, 8 Smoky Wainscots, 3 Dun-bars, 3 Dark Arches, Common Rustic, Lesser Common Rustic (and an unidentified Common Rustic agg.), 35 Uncertains, Rustic, Mottled Rustic, Scarce Silver-lines, Nut-tree Tussock, 2 Spectacles, Beautiful Hook-tip, 2 Straw Dots, 2 Snouts and 22 Fan-foots.

Scarce Silver-lines, North Elmham, 20th July

The remaining micros were 2 Bird’s-nest Moths Tinea trinotella, Beech Midget Phyllonorycter maestingella, 4 Bird-cherry Ermines Yponomeuta evonymella, 2 Hawthorn Ermels Paraswammerdamia nebulella, 10 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Common Oak Case-bearer Coleophora lutipennella, 4 Woundwort Case-bearers Coleophora lineolea, 2 Speckled Case-bearers Coleophora sternipennella, Small Dingy Tubic Borkhausenia fuscescens, 3 Long-horned Flat-bodies Carcina quercana, Dark Groundling Bryotropha affinis, 2 Cinereous Groundlings Bryotropha terrella, 3 Gorse Crests Brachmia blandella, 2 Orange Crests Helcystogramma rufescens, 2 Bulrush Cosmets Limnaecia phragmitella, Hawthorn Cosmet Blastodacna hellerella, 2 Hook-marked Straw Moths Agapeta hamana, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana, 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrixes Pandemis heparana, 4 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana, 3 Privet Tortrixes Clepsis consimilana, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana, 7 Grey Tortrixes Cnephasia stephensiana, Cereal Tortrix Cnephasia pumicana, Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana, 2 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 4 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, 3 Triangle-marked Rollers Ancylis achatana, Grey Poplar Bell Epinotia nisella, 3 Holly Tortrixes Rhopobota naevana, Bramble Shoot Moth Notocelia uddmanniana, Hoary Bell Eucosma cana, 9 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 3 Grass-veneers Crambus pascuella, 2 Yellow Satin Veneers Crambus perlella, 2 Pearl Veneers Agriphila straminella, 4 Chequered Grass-veneers Catoptria falsella, Pale Water-veneer Donacaula forficella, 6 Water Veneers Acentria ephemerella, Marsh Grey Eudonia pallida, 4 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, 2 Beautiful China-marks Nymphula nitidulata, Garden Pebble Evergestis forficalis, 2 Chequered Straws Evergestis pallidata, 2 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, 6 Elder Pearls Anania coronata, 13 Mother of Pearls Pleuroptya ruralis, 2 Bee Moths Aphomia sociella, False Cacao Moth Ephestia unicolorella, 2 White Plumes Pterophorus pentadactyla and Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla.

Hawthorn Ermel Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 20th July

Mayflies included Green Drake Ephemera danica and Blue-winged Olive Serratella ignita.

Blue-winged Olive Serratella ignita, North Elmham, 20th July

A good crop of caddisflies included no less than 3 species that I'd not identified before: Orthotrichia costalis, Oxyethira flavicornis and Oecetis ochracea.  Well, the costalis got away before I could confirm it, but I had one the next day that I nailed.

Oecetis ochracea, North Elmham, 20th July

Oxyethira flavicornis, North Elmham, 20th July

Other caddisflies included Ecnomus tenellus, 7 Hydropsyche siltalai, Goera pilosa, 7 Athripsodes aterrimus, Leptocerus tineiformis and 4 Mystacides longicornis.

Coleophora therinella

The moths at home on 9th July weren't especially numerous, 160 of 68 species, but they included a few noteworthy ones.  Top among them was a Black-bindweed Case-bearer Coleophora therinella, new for the house and only the 6th record for Norfolk (although my third).

Black-bindweed Case-bearer Coleophora therinella (female, gen det), North Elmham, 9th July

Also new for the house was Bulrush Veneer Calamotropha paludella.  Others new for the garden year list were Hawthorn Ermel Paraswammerdamia nebulella, Lesser Cream Wave and Miller.

Miller, North Elmham, 9th July

Hawthorn Ermel Paraswammerdamia nebulella, North Elmham, 9th July

Other micros were 7 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana, 3 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana, 2 Large Ivy Tortrixes Lozotaenia forsterana, Yellow-spot Tortrix Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, 2 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, Yellow Oak Button Aleimma loeflingiana, 2 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 8 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, Pine Marble Piniphila bifasciana, 2 Plum Tortrixes Hedya pruniana, Marbled Orchard Tortrix Hedya nubiferana, Holly Tortrix Rhopobota naevana, Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana, 21 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, Grass-veneer Crambus pascuella, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, 6 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, Small Magpie Anania hortulata, Fenland Pearl Anania perlucidalis, 2 Bee Moths Aphomia sociella and White Plume Pterophorus pentadactyla.

Fenland Pearl Chrysopa commata, North Elmham, 9th July

Other macros were Buff Arches, 2 Small Fan-footed Waves, 3 Small Dusty Waves, 2 Single-dotted Waves, 2 Riband Waves, Large Twin-spot Carpet, Common Carpet, 2 Barred Straws, Sandy Carpet, 2 Green Pugs, 4 Swallow-tailed Moths, 2 Peppered Moths, 3 Willow Beauties, Mottled Beauty, Common White Wave, 4 Clouded Silvers, 2 Elephant Hawkmoths, 2 Buff-tips, 3 Rosy Footmen, 5 Common Footmen, 2 Buff Ermines, Heart and Club, 5 Flames, Flame Shoulder, Dot Moth, 2 Bright-line Brown-eyes, Clay, Smoky Wainscot, Poplar Grey, Brown Rustic, 4 Dark Arches, Light Arches, Marbled Minor, 4 Tawny Marbled Minors, 7 Uncertains, Mottled Rustic, Spectacle, 6 Snouts and Small Fan-foot.

Of 2 green lacewings one was a lifer (Chrysopa commata) and the other was new for the house (Chrysopidia ciliata).

Chrysopa commata, North Elmham, 9th July

Chrysopidia ciliata, North Elmham, 9th July

Among the caddis probable Hydropsyche siltalai wasn't noteworthy but Agrypnia pagetana was my first this year and seemingly not well-recorded in VC28.

Agrypnia pagetana, North Elmham, 9th July

Also the bug Stenotus binotatus.

The following night saw another new lacewing, Dichochrysa flavifrons, together with a second Chrysopa commata.

Dichochrysa flavifrons, North Elmham, 10th July

Of 201 moths (79 species) that night the best was Forest Case-bearer Coleophora ibipennella, new for the house and possibly new altogether.  I'd caught one once before that keyed out to ibipennella but the keys aren't all that reliable and I messed up the dissection.  Nice to confirm one at last.

Forest Case-bearer Coleophora ibipennella (male, gen det), North Elmham, 10th July

Others new for the year here were Buff-tipped Marble Hedya ochroleucana, Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana, Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis, Phoenix, Brown-tail and Plain Golden Y.

Plain Golden Y, North Elmham, 10th July

Phoneix, North Elmham, 10th July

Brown-tail, North Elmham, 10th July

Buff-tipped Marble Hedya ochroleucana, North Elmham, 10th July

Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana, North Elmham, 10th July

The other micros were Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella, 2 Diamond-back Moths Plutella xylostella, 2 Speckled Case-bearers Coleophora sternipennella, Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana, 4 Large Fruit-tree Tortrixes Archips podana, Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana, 2 Large Ivy Tortrixes Lozotaenia forsterana, 2 Flax Tortrixes Cnephasia asseclana, Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana, Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana, 3 Barred Marbles Celypha striana, 2 Common Marbles Celypha lacunana, 2 Marbled Orchard Tortrixes Hedya nubiferana, Hoary Bell Eucosma cana, 16 Garden Grass-veneers Chrysoteuchia culmella, 2 Yellow Satin Veneers Crambus perlella, Common Grey Scoparia ambigualis, 5 Little Greys Eudonia lacustrata, 2 Small Greys Eudonia mercurella, Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata, 4 Small Magpies Anania hortulata, Elder Pearl Anania coronata, Fenland Pearl Anania perlucidalis, Rosy Tabby Endotricha flammealis, Bee Moth Aphomia sociella, 2 False Cacao Moths Ephestia unicolorella and Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla.

Macros included 2 Buff Arches, 2 Common Emeralds, Small Fan-footed Wave, 8 Single-dotted Waves, 11 Riband Waves, Garden Carpet, Yellow Shell, 2 Barred Straws, 2 Barred Yellows, Brimstone Moth, 3 Early Thorns, 3 Swallow-tailed Moths, 4 Peppered Moths, 2 Willow Beauties, 2 Mottled Beauties, 4 Clouded Silvers, Privet Hawkmoth, 5 Elephant Hawkmoths, Iron Prominent, 2 Rosy Footmen, Orange Footman, 4 Common Footmen, 8 Buff Ermines, Heart and Club, 4 Flames, Flame Shoulder, 2 Large Yellow Underwings, 8 Double Square-spots, Dot Moth, 3 Bright-line Brown-eyes, Clay, 4 Smoky Wainscots, Poplar Grey, Brown Rustic, Small Angle Shades, 10 Dark Arches, 3 Tawny Marbled Minors, Common Rustic, 5 Uncertains, Rustic, Spectacle, Beautiful Hook-tip, 8 Snouts and Fan-foot.

Caddisflies included Glyphotaelius pellucidus, a common species but one that's not meant to fly in July.  Also 2 probable Hydropsyche siltalai, Limnephilus auricula, Limnephilus lunatus and Athripsodes aterrimus.

A hoverfly proved to be my first Parasyrphus punctulatus.

Parasyrphus punctulatus, North Elmham, 10th July